Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability

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  "id": "d99f2d6b4b1a09463b8490a23902e012fafff0e93d86dc7eb7e5f65a0981d805",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-31419",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Elasticsearch StackOverflow vulnerability",
    "summary": "A flaw was discovered in Elasticsearch, affecting the _search API that allowed a specially crafted query string to cause a Stack Overflow and ultimately a Denial of Service.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-31419",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "aliases": [
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        "GHSA-qwrx-45xf-jjf7"
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              "repo": "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch",
              "type": "GIT",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:33.815886189Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-9-1-7-17-13-security-update/343297",
        "https://www.elastic.co/community/security",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/31xxx/CVE-2023-31419.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-31419",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231116-0010/"
      ],
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 501134,
  "published_at": "2023-10-26T17:06:14.305+00:00"
}